Buy a Custom Chaos Chinese or Japanese Calligraphy Wall Scroll
We have many options to create artwork with the Chinese characters / Asian symbols / Japanese Kanji for Chaos on a wall scroll or portrait.
If you want to create a cool Chaos wall scroll, this is the place. Below you will find a few Asian symbols that express the idea of Chaos.
Chaos
混沌 is the Japanese, Korean and Chinese word that means absolute confusion, disorder, and chaos.
This more directly refers to primal chaos or primeval chaos.
When reading something about Chinese mythology, you may find this term used to describe the formless mass before creation.
Chinese scientists sometimes use this word to refer to the nebulous state before the universe was formed or nebulosity.
In some contexts, this could mean “a state of confusion.”
Chaos / Anarchy / Confusion / Mayhem
The first character means confused, dirty, muddy, or mixed.
The second character means confusion and disorder.
Together, these characters mean chaos and sometimes extended to mean a type of anarchy.
This term is often used in a less-than-literal term to describe anything in disarray. Someone might use this word in a sentence like, “My kitchen is in a state of chaos” or “my life is so chaotic.”
Please note that Japanese use an alternate/simplified version of the second character of chaos - it also happens to be the same simplification used in mainland China. Click on the character to the right if you want the Japanese/Simplified version of this two-character chaos calligraphy.
Peaceful Chaos
平靜的混亂 is NOT a typical Chinese phrase.
It was added to our calligraphy database at the request of a customer. These are two dynamically-opposed ideas, but this is the way to express them together.
Stir the Chaos
攪動混沌 means “stir the chaos” in Mandarin Chinese.
This was added to our database at the request of a customer.
It is proper grammar and meaning but is not an ancient Chinese phrase or title.
Order From Chaos
亂中有序 more or less means “order from chaos” in Chinese.
This is a little ambiguous, so other ways to translate this include ordered chaos, organized mess, order within chaos, or order within disorder.
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Chaos | 混沌 | konton | hùn dùn / hun4 dun4 / hun dun / hundun | hun tun / huntun |
| Chaos Anarchy Confusion Mayhem | 混亂 混乱 | kon ran / konran | hùn luàn / hun4 luan4 / hun luan / hunluan | |
| Peaceful Chaos | 平靜的混亂 平静的混乱 | píng jìng de hùn luàn ping2 jing4 de hun4 luan4 ping jing de hun luan pingjingdehunluan | p`ing ching te hun luan pingchingtehunluan ping ching te hun luan |
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| Stir the Chaos | 攪動混沌 搅动混沌 | jiǎo dòng hún dùn jiao3 dong4 hun2 dun4 jiao dong hun dun jiaodonghundun | chiao tung hun tun chiaotunghuntun |
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| Order From Chaos | 亂中有序 | luàn zhōng yǒu xù luan4 zhong1 you3 xu4 luan zhong you xu luanzhongyouxu | luan chung yu hsü luanchungyuhsü |
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| In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. | ||||
